Hay-carrier



(No Model..)

L. Y. MYERS.

- HAY CARRIER.

No. 327,451. PatentedSept. 29, 1885.7

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn LE\VIS Y. MYERS, OF CANTON, OHIO.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,451, datedSeptember 29, 1855.

Application filed May 4, 1885. (No model.)

To rtll whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, Lewis Y. MYERs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Hay-Carriers, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hay-carriers; and it consistsin certain features of improved construction and combination of parts,hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation, in which isshown the several parts in their respective working position. Fig. 2 issame view, with front of main frame removed, and represents a verticallongitudinal section on a line drawn from X to X, Fig. 8. Fig. 3 is aview on the same line of division extending from Y to Y. Fig. 4 is aview of the lower part of frame B. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the doublelocking-plate F. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the locking-bolt B. Fig. 7isaperspeetive of the cam J, hereinafter explained, and Fig. 8represents a view on a vertical transverse line drawn from Yto Y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

The main frame preferably consists of two pieces, A and B, having ontheir inside faces ribs 0. b, which form a guideway for the locking-boltand the yoke on the pulley-block P. The inner edge of these flangestouch each other when the parts are drawn together by the bolts.

The rollers O 0 may be attached to the frame by the use of a bolt andthimble, thus forming a spindle for the roller.

The sheave-wheels G G are placed on sleeves a, that reach from oneframe-piece to the other. The bolt A is passed through the sheave andthe frame-pieces. The sleeves should be a little longer than the lengthof the hub of the sheaves, so as not to allow the frame to bind ortighten on the sheaves.

The locking-bolt B may be made in the form of a parallelogram, withconverging hooks 99 on the upper end, and the right-hand lower cornerremoved, as shown in Fig. 6. There is also an oblong mortise through thebolt, anda groove, W,cut in the edge, the bottom of which is graded, asshown atk in Fig. 3, so as to allow it to engage with the projectingfinger on the cam.

The cam J is provided with spindles or trunnions, on which it has arocking movement, and with a jaw, Z, as a support for the yoke H of thesheave-block P, the projecting finger m, by which the cam is moved so asto bring the jaw Z to position, as shown in Fig. 2, and a tooth, n, bywhich the lockingbolt is raised, and which also engages with the boltand locks the cam in position with the load suspended on the jaw Z. Thetooth 0 stops the reverse movement of the cam when it has reached thepoint a on the frame when the parts have been released and the yoke Hdischarged from the jaw Z. The projecting fingerm and the bottom of thegroove in the locking-bolt should be so adjusted to each other that whenthe cam is released,if the bolt does not drop to its proper position,the projecting finger m will engage with the projecting curve in thebottom of the groove is in the bolt and press it down, as

shown in Fig. 3. Before bolting the framepieces together, place thelockingbolt in the way provided for it by the ribs a on the framepieces; also put the cam in position,as shown in Fig. 2, by placing thespindles of the wheel in the socketK in the frame-pieces. Put the bolt r(see Fig. 1) through the frame-pieces and through theslot in thelocking-bolt. This bolt, while it is useful in holding the partstogether, also acts as a stop to the movements of the locking-bolt.

The foregoing describes all the parts of my invention so far as relatesto the carriage. I will now describe the locking-plate F, Fig. 5, andits relation to the beam E and the plate Q. The lower surface of theplate F is divided by the rib s, on each side of which projects inclinedplanes cc and shoulders f f. The plate F is so declined as to guide thehooks g g on the locking-bolt into the grooves formed by theparts'referred to. The tubes 0 O and the plate F are preferablyintegral. The tubes pass through the beam, as shown in Fig. 3,

and are secured to the plate Q by throughbolts, and are of such lengthas to secure the planes 6 at the proper distance from the plate Q, onwhich the rollers O O of the carriage move. This is important to securea successful operation of the locking devices, and it is for this reasonthat the plate Q is used, as there is liability of the timber beam Eyielding or wearing under the pressure of the load on the [O rollers.

The object obtained by the arrangement of the parts described is acarrier that may be worked in opposite directions from the locking-plateby drawing the rope through from :5 one side to the other and changingthe snatchblock with the rope. By these means the beam may bepermanently located in the barn across the floor and the hay carried tothe mow on opposite sides. v

The operation is as follows: Figs. 1 and 2 Show the carrier returningfrom the mow on left hand to the locking-plate on beam E over the wagon.As the hooks g 9 pass up the inclines e e, the locking-bolt R will beraised up,

so as to allow the tooth n to pass into the groove, thereby releasingthe cam, allowing it to drop into the position shown in Fig. 3, whichwill release t-he yoke H and allow it, with the sheave P and fork, todescend to the 0 hay on the wagon. The hooks g g of the locking-boltremain between the shoulders ff, detaining the carrier in that positionuntil a load is brought up. Yoke H will then engage with the finger mand turn the cam until the jaw Z will have caught the yoke, as shown inFig. 2. The hooks on the locking-bolt will be raised over the shouldersf f, and having passed out of the locking-plate the lockingbolt willdrop back, so as to engage the tooth 1 n and lock the cam. Thelocking-bolt cannot o be passed through the locking-plate without havingan upward and downward movement, for after having been raised by theinclines and passed into the lock between the shoulders it will beforced down by the declining 5 point t.

Having described the nature and object of my invention, what I desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The vertical locking-bolt R, provided with converging hooks, asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The cam J, provided with projectingjaw Z, finger m, and teeth a andO, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 5 5

3. The locking-plate F, having ribs 8 s s s, the inclines e e e e,shoulders f'ff f, the declining points z t, and the tubes 00, as shownand described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the locking-bolt, as described, with the cam, whenused in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a hay-carrier, a vertically moving lockingbolt, as described, arotating cam provided with projecting jaw Z, and finger 1n, substantially as set forth, and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of the locking-bolt, as described, the rotating cam,and the lockingplate, as described, and operating substan- 7o tially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April,A. D. 1885.

LEWIS Y. MYERS. 'Witnesses:

CHAS. R. MILLER, W. K. MILLER.

